Our Teachers

Alessandra

I’m Alessandra, a native Portuguese speaker from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
I studied Engineering and worked as an engineer for three years. Then I decided to be an entrepreneur/teacherpreneur! I started a language consulting firm with a focus on teaching English at companies. I’ve also worked in a Portuguese school for foreigners. I’m a certificated teacher and I have plenty of experience teaching, both online and in person. I studied Marketing and currently I’m taking a master in Linguistic and I work as a full-time teacher and blogger/youtuber (DIY, how-to and lifestyle).

❝Fluent in the language of dreams, images, passion, and poetry.❞
Carioca da Gema – Wanderlust – Digital Nomad Wannabe – Backpacker – Cat Lover – Cinephile

William

I’m William, a Professional Portuguese and English Teacher from Rio de Janeiro – Brazil. I also have a bachelor’s degree in IT – Information Technology – I’ve been working in this field for ten years. Over the years meeting people from many different places in the world I developed a passion for learning languages. In my journey of learning English, Spanish, and French, I found many people online willing to learn Portuguese in the past ten years and I’m loving this language exchange experience.

❝Language is the road map of a culture. It tells you where its people come from and where they are going.❞ ‒Rita Mae Brown

Thoughts from our students

Thanks to Alessandra’s help, I received “Avançado Superior” on my my Celpe-Bras! If you are considering taking the exam, I’m sure Alessandra will be a great teacher to help with both sections of the exam. She’s patient and encouraging while making sure my Portuguese is correct. Muito obrigada!

Kate

Student from USA

“William is a great teacher and a very nice person. I am proud to be his student. He boosted my confidence and made me feel very comfortable with speaking and pronunciation. Anyone who wants to learn the language in the most natural and interesting way, look no further than him. Looking forward to our next awesome classes! See you soon dear teacher.”

Ashish

Student from India

“Today was another fun class with William. As usual, he motivated me to talk as much as possible, keeping the conversation flow smoothly. He provided instant feedback and corrections. He also helped me craft my sentences better – to sound more native. I have had many Portuguese teachers, and I can say without a doubt William is the best teacher I ever had. I cannot say enough good things about him. He makes learning Portuguese super fun! Highly recommend!”

Bruno

Student from USA

“I love having lessons with Alessandra. She’s always so interesting to talk to about a lot of topics and she always has useful material for anything you can ask her. She’s also very attentive with my pronunciation and grammar and has helped me notice mistakes I was making without realizing it. I always find corrected and written down the sentences I say wrong so I can review them. I really like that. I’d recommend her to anyone wanting to learn Portuguese. You’ll learn a lot and love it!”

Mariana